Bulemu Mutale: “I am going there as “Zubo”…!”
She was fortunate being encouraged to go to school... Bulemu Mutale tells us her story of a young woman growing up in the rural areas near the Zambezi, but also describes for us in detail how we can imagine the life of young women in Binga to look like.
With the help of her grandmother, Bulemu completed school. Her mother had
passed on; then her father lost his job and became ill. Bulemu
started working in a local super market and picked up the role of the
breadwinner for the family. The money job didn’t satisfy her. She
started volunteering at an orphanage, Sunrise Children’s Home and
discovered her passion: working with children. When she got involved
in helping packaging products like soap and baskets of Zubo women,
she also began volunteering for Zubo Trust regularly.
In 2018, Bulemu was chosen to participate in an exchange programme and go to Germany in January 2019. This interview was recorded in November, and in it, I encourage Bulemu to travel ahead with her imagination and share with us her expectations, her questions, her fear, and her projects...
By now, Bulemu is already working as a volunteer in a kita in Bielefeld. She is one of 16 young people from the global Souths to participate in a South – North exchange programme which allows young volunteers from the global South to gain experiences in Germany in their chosen area of social engagement.
An interview with Bulemu Mutale recorded in 2021:
https://archive.org/details/BulemuMutale_SouthNorthVolunteer2
Zubo Trust is women’s organization working with the rural women of the Zambezi valley in Zimbabwe since 2009. Zubo Trust has accomplished well-recognized work in organizing the rural women, establishing producer collectives, securing women’s lively-hoods, and boosting their independence and self-esteem. One of Zubo’s pioneering initiatives is an all-women fishery project. Further projects include organic agriculture, developing cosmetic products and, the local crafts, especially basket weaving.
Welthaus Bielefeld Germany https://www.welthaus.de/weltwaerts/sued-nord/start/
